[Gondring]

In the heat of battle you enter a room...

That's part of the question here...was this "the heat of battle" or a room that was already held?

[doodles2]

A room is not held until it is cleared and anyone taken has been body searched.

The marine in question was shot in the face the day before by a terrorist pretending to be injured and one of his buddies was killed attempting to move a booby trapped body.

I should ad that unlike John Kerry, the marine in question did not put in for a silver star, purple heart and rotation home.